Combination curbing and street-sprinkling apparatus.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

G. A. CASE. GOMBINATION CURBING AND STREET SPRINKLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1 3. 1903.

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Patented May 9, 1905.

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GEORGE A. CASE, OF JGPLIN, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,588, dated May 9, 1905.

Application led July 13, 1903. Serial No. 165,286.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Cash, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ol Joplin, in the county ol Jasper and State of Missouri, have made a certain new andv useful invention in a Combination Curbing and Street-Sprinkling Apparatus; and l declare the Vfollowing to be a Vlull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a section on the line l l, Eig. Q, with the pipe connections indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a partial `front view of one of the sections of my apparatus.

The invention relates to street-curbing; and it consists in the novel construction and com' binations oit parts, as hereinafter set iorth.

The object oi' the invention is to provide a satisfactory and eilicient means Ylor sprinkling or flushing streets.

rlhe letter a of the drawings indicates a section of curbing which is desigl'led to be made oit concrete. Preferably these curb-sections arc made with the gutter portion 7 projecting therefrom, as indicated, or oi angular form, having the horizontal i'lange Y and the vertical `llange W. ln molding the curb-section it is designed to embed in the concrete in the horizontal iiange 7) thereolf a longitudinal seetion c ot' pipe, which may be made et cheap metal or wood and which 'forms a lining for the longitudinal conduite', which is molded in the concrete by said pipe. Each pipe-section is designed to have its ends projecting irom the ends oif the curb-section sul'lieiently to form the openings and to provide means for connecting the ends when the curb-sections are joined in placing them in position along the edge el the sidewalk. The longitudinal piping is designed to be about three inches in diameter, and it is connected to the main by a suitable pipe, as at rl, which is, however, in connection with a valvcd supplyplug' exterior to the curb-sections, whereby the water may be turned into the conduit of the curbing or cut oil therefrom, as may be desired.

To the longitudinal pipe-section c are connected the upright open-end pipes e ol smaller diameter, usually about one inch. These pipes c are embedded in the concrete of the vertical liange ot' the curb, have horizontal branches e connnunicating with the longitudinal pipe c, and outwardly-turned discharge terminations e2 l'lush with the side of the vertical flange or' the curb. The pipes e are designed to be placed in the curb at intervals of about iive lcet.

iVhen the curb-sections are laid in position and the longitudinal pipe-sections are properly connected, there is formed in the curbing a waterway, which when the water is turned on can be utilized for discharge thereof through the discharge-openings fat every live feet along' the curb over the gutter and street.

rlhe longitudinal tubes at street-crossings may be connected by underground piping in such wise that large portions olf strectways may be readily flushed and washed by turning the water on at a single valve-head.

l/Vhen the pipe-sections in the curbing' decay and are washed out, the tubular channels Vtermed thereby remain and form durable waterways t'or the purposes in view. in this way it is designed to provide durable im proved means Vfor cleaning streets and gutters which will be found economic and el'licicnt.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is@

An angular curb-section, having a vertical iiange and a horizontal flange, the latter having within it a longitudinal conduit opening through it and, in said conduit, a destructiblelining pipe projecting at the end of said conduit, a col'iuection-pipe to a val vcd supply-pipe, and the horizontal branchotl the dischargepipe having in the vertical l'lange ol the curb-section, a vertical branch provided at its upper end with an outwardly-turned discharge portion terminating llush with the side of said vertical flange, substantially as specilied.

ln testilnon y whereoiil aliix my signature in presence ol two witnesses.

GEORG-E A. CASE.

Witnesses:

WILL G. Moena, M. J. MoGLUno. 

